Sentence examples for ancient cornerstones from inspiring English sources

The perfect fourth and fifth, the ancient cornerstones of harmony, do not exist.

The ancients gave us the cornerstones of democracy; unfortunately they also offered us the cornerstones of hard wiring sexism into our legal system.

Boxing was one of the cornerstones of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece from the 23rd Olympiad in 688BC.

The ancient Mediterranean texts are the cornerstone of European culture, and they underlay ingenious early-modern innovation.

It's rooted in our respect of Egypt as a nation and ancient center of civilization, and a cornerstone for peace in the Middle East.

The Black Stone is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient stone building toward which Muslims pray, in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

A tradition that is a cornerstone of Seto identity is leelo, an ancient polyphonic style of singing.

The case has become a cornerstone of Italy's aggressive campaign to recover ancient treasures from around the United States and has led major American museums to make their peace with the Italian government.

The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) raised the alarm in a 2009 edition of its magazine, Cornerstone, in which the deteriorating condition of the barn was highlighted as the magazine's cover story.

Ancient Egyptian medical papyri (1550 BC) already emphasised diagnosis by physical examination as the cornerstone of the decision to treat or not to treat an ailment [ 1].

Amid such an ancient rivalry, how can American Mideast policy effectively advocate rule of law, transparency and human rights — the cornerstones of any democracy?